4 Lessons From The PCA/David French Debacle

(OPINION) Following an outcry that spilled over into the mainstream media (“David French” and “PCA” trended nationally on X for days), a David French panel on “how to be supportive of your pastor and church leaders in a polarized political year” at the PCA General Assembly was canceled. However, that doesn’t mean the story is over, or that it doesn’t have some lessons to teach.

Opinion, North AmericaWarren Cole SmithMay 21, 2024MinistryWatch, Warren Cole Smith, Presbyterian Church in America, David French, Political polarization, Religion and politics, Never Trump, opinion Comments

PCA Ordains First Pastor of Iranian Descent

Last month, the Presbyterian Church in America, a conservative evangelical denomination founded in 1973, ordained its first teaching elder of Iranian descent who was raised in a Muslim family.

News, North America, ChristianityKim RobertsMarch 23, 2024MinistryWatch, Kim Roberts, Presbyterian Church in America, Islam, Christianity, Christian converts, Bible translation, Secondary feature, newsComment

A Tale of Two New Yorks: Secularism and Spirituality in the Big Apple

(OPINION) It's hard to consider the Big Apple a truly "secular city" when considering the rising number of New Yorkers who are Muslim, Orthodox Jewish, Hindu and evangelical and Pentecostal in Latino, Black, Asian, White and interracial flocks.

Analysis, Christianity, Culture, Evangelicals, North America, TERRY MATTINGLY, The State of ReligionTerry MattinglyJune 29, 2023Terry Mattingly, Rev. Tim Keller, Presbyterian Church in America, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Tony Carnes, Harvard Divinity School historian Harvey Cox, Mayor Eric AdamsComment

Tim Keller: A Witty Outsider Who Came To New York To Stay

(OPINION) Only 1% of New York City was “evangelical” when Keller arrived in 1989, and homicides hit 2,245 during his first full year of ministry in the tense city. Yet there was a “cracking in the ice” as immigrants from a variety of faiths poured into the city’s boroughs. Soon, many new churches were born.

Analysis, Christianity, Evangelicals, Opinion, TERRY MATTINGLYTerry MattinglyMay 25, 2023Tim Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Hunger College, Rev. Tim Keller, pancreatic cancer, Westminster Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church in America, Tony Carnes, Redeemer City to City, Terry MattinglyComment

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